Rosetta Code
Shares rank 10 of 18 reference websites by recommenders
Community wiki that solves the same programming tasks in many languages, so you can compare syntax and idioms.
Community wiki that solves the same programming tasks in many languages, so you can compare syntax and idioms.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
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Why people recommend it
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Compare syntax and idioms across languages
“for computer tasks implemented in many computer languages to allow you compare syntax and code.”
Comment from 18 May 2026 in “Hyperpolyglot Lisp: Common Lisp, Racket, Clojure, Emacs Lisp” “I suggest using Rosetta Code as a learning resource for Forth idioms.”
Comment from 18 Feb 2026 in “R3forth: A Concatenative Language Derived from ColorForth” Good starting point to explore
“if you didn't know about rosettacode or github I figured I should start with that”
Comment from 23 Nov 2025 in “GCC SC approves inclusion of Algol 68 Front End” “I would look into the Rosetta.”
Comment from 18 Feb 2026 in “R3forth: A Concatenative Language Derived from ColorForth”
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| Rosetta CodeThis page | 7 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
All 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“for computer tasks implemented in many computer languages to allow you compare syntax and code.”
“Rosetta Stone's code, by virtue of being a pretty popular community effort, is also very well-vetted.”
“That is actually really nice.”
“I would look into the Rosetta.”
“I suggest using Rosetta Code as a learning resource for Forth idioms.”
“instead of the handpicked selection on the homepage of many websites”
“if you didn't know about rosettacode or github I figured I should start with that”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.